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TIL there was no film copyright law in Turkey until 1986, leading to films like "3 Giant Men" which featured Captain America and Mexican wrestler El Santo fighting against a chain-smoking Spider-Man villain, all to the ripped soundtracks of the James Bond movies.

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PYGG TIL that children of lower-educated parents more successfully escape from refrigerators than children of higher-educated parents
P1JlL TIL that abolitionist John Brown’s attack on the Harper’s Ferry Armory was suppressed by Colonel Robert E. Lee.
WkPbL TIL that before he became a Stooge, Larry Fine was a professional boxer and an accomplished violinist.
166jD TIL that Vince Gilligan almost didn’t go through with making Breaking Bad because he found out that Weeds was in development and had a similar premise. If he had known about Weeds earlier we wouldn’t have Breaking Bad.
0wPvM TIL Lassie ran for 571 episodes and there isn’t 1 with Timmy falling into a well. TIL Lassie did though.